lubber

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lubber

/ˈlʌbə(ɹ)/

Where it comes from

From Middle English, perhaps from Old French lobeor (“swindler”), from Old French lober to mock, to jeer, or of Scandinavian origin, compare dialectal Swedish lubber. The grasshopper was likely so called after sense 1 (“a clumsy or lazy person”).

noun lubbers

archaic A clumsy or lazy person. [T]hree of the boys, of whom Mr. Hector was sometimes one, used to come in the morning as his humble attendants, and carry him [Johnson] to school. […] The purfly, sand-blind lubber and blubber, with his open mouth, and face of bruised honeycomb; yet already dominant, imperial, irresistible!
Similar: alcatote, auf, botcher, bumbler, bungler, blunderer, blunderhead, butterfingers, chucklehead, clodhopper, dauber, duffer
An inexperienced or novice sailor; a landlubber.
Southern US An eastern lubber grasshopper (Romalea microptera).
South Asia Alteration of rubber.

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@misc{lubber_2026,
  title = {lubber},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lubber},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}